Job 2:8

New American Bible - revised edition

He took a potsherd to scrape himself, as he sat among the ashes.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long tunic in which she was clothed. Then, putting her hands to her head, she went away crying loudly.

Job 2:9

Then his wife said to him, “Are you still holding to your innocence? Curse God and die!”

Job 42:6

Therefore I disown what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes. Job’s Restoration.

Psalm 38:5

My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden too heavy for me.

Psalm 38:7

I am stooped and deeply bowed; every day I go about mourning.

Isaiah 61:3

to place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of gladness instead of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of justice, the planting of the Lord to show his glory.

Jeremiah 6:26

Daughter of my people, dress in sackcloth, roll in the ashes. Mourn as for an only child with bitter wailing: “How suddenly the destroyer comes upon us!”

Ezekiel 27:30

They raise their voices over you and shout their bitter cries; They pour dust on their heads and cover themselves with ashes.

Jonah 3:6

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Matthew 11:21

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.